The present invention is related to a method for adjusting the frequency
characteristic of a digital audio processor having adjustable parameters
including at least low frequency gain, high frequency gain and volume
gain. The invention is also related to an audio device executing the
inventive method every time the characteristic frequency response curve
is adjusted. Today's audio devices frequently offer the feature that the
user can select among a group of different sound characteristics.
Typically the user may want to adapt the sound characteristic of the
device to the kind of music he is listening, e.g. rock, jazz, or classic
music. In technical terms the sound characteristic is widely determined
by the characteristic frequency response curve of the audio signal
processing. Those characteristic curves are essentially defined by a gain
value in the low, middle and high frequency range. Normally, a 3-band
audio processor, which allows adjusting these three parameters
independently is used for this purpose. However, 3-band audio processors
are relatively more expensive than 2-band audio processors, which allows
only adjusting the gain value at the low frequency range and high
frequency range. The invention suggests a method how to adjust the volume
gain, the low and high frequency gain of a 2-band audio processor to
achieve the same features a 3-band audio processor offers.